Bill Gates is the richest person in the world. He's not only a very famous computer scientist but also a
very successful businessman.
     Bill's father was a successful lawyer and his mother was a hardworking teacher who enjoyed going to
parties as well. From his parents, he learnt a lot. He learnt from his father the meaning of saying "No pains,
no gains". He also learnt from his mother that a person must know how to make the best of time by making
schedules.
     When he was still a college student, he developed the world's first computer language for the personal
computers. Then he realized that every family was going to have a computer, and every computer would
need his software. So he started his Microsoft Company without finishing his studied in college. He said,
"I'm making my first million dollars on software by the time I'm twenty-five." And he did!

1. From his father, Bill learnt that __________.

A. if one wanted to get something, he had to work hard
B. being a lawyer was very successful
C. one could get anything if he wanted it
D. he should start his Microsoft Company

2. He developed ___________.

A. a language
B. personal computers
C. a soft ware
D. a college

3. From this passage, we know Bill Gates is __________.

A. a famous computer scientist
B. a teacher
C. a successful businessman
D. Both A and C

     Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847. When he was a child, he always had a lot of questions
and started asking questions about  1  (如何) things worked. So his teachers didn't like him. They thought he
was kind of  2  (笨的) and many people didn't understand him, either. He was only in school for three months.
His mother  3   (教) him at home. His parents  4  (注意) he loved to read. They introduced him to the  5  (圖書館). He read many books there. The books  6  (使…感興趣) him very much.  7  (在) the help of his parents,
he also built his lab by  8  (他自己). He  9  (發(fā)明) more than one thousand things,  10  (包括) the first silent
film, the light bulb, the record player and so on. He died on October 18,1931 at the age of 84.

     Chen Guangbiao was born in Jiangsu in July,1968. He is the chairperson of a company in Jiangsu.
Now he is one of China's richest men and he has donated a great amount of money to charity projects.
He says he will donate everything he has to charity after he dies.
     When people are in need of help, he will appear at once. He helped people during the Wenchuan
earthquake, the Yunnan earthquake and the Taiwan earthquake. He also gave a helping hand in Japan's
earthquake. He has built many Hope Primary Schools to support the education in poor areas.
     He doesn't do charity for honour. He wants to encourage more people to make contributions to charity.
After announcing he would donate everything to charity after his death, many businesses, overseas (海外)
Chinese people and common people encouraged by him have also promised to do something for charity.
     As a philanthropist (慈善家), he is asked for help every day. Sometimes he gets very tired, but he has
never stopped caring.
     So far, he has received a lot of awards, including Pioneer of the Year, and National May Day Labour
Medal (全國(guó)五一勞動(dòng)獎(jiǎng)?wù)?. He is considered as one of china's top philanthropists.

1. The article is probably taken from _______.

A. a newspaper
B. a novel
C. a detective story
D. a science book

2. He says he will donate _______ to charity after he dies.

A. nothing
B. some schools
C. everything he has
D. his whole company

3. What does he do charity for?

A. He wants to do charity for money.
B. He wants to do charity for pleasure.
C. He wants to ask people to help him.
D. He wants to encourage more people to contribute to charity.

4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. He is from Jiangsu.
B. He has visited many countries.
C. He has helped people in need.
D. He has got a lot of awards.

5. Which do you think is the best title for the passage?

A. Earthquakes.
B. Hope Primary Schools.
C. Pioneer of the Year.
D. Philanthropist Chen Guangbiao.

     Frankenstein is one of the world's most famous horror stories. It's about a doctor who creates a new
man from the body parts of dead people and brings it to life. But the experiment goes wrong and the monster
(怪獸) kills the doctor and many others. The story has been read by millions since it was first published and
in the last hundred years it has been made into dozens of movies. Many people are surprised to learn its writer
was a 19-year-old woman, called Mary Shelley.
     Mary was born into a rich London family in August 1797. She was educated by her parents and when she
was 13 decided to become a writer. In 1812, she met the famous writer Percy Shelley and they soon got
married. Sadly for Mary, their first child died soon after birth in Italy. In her diary, Mary wrote about a dream:
"I dreamt that my little baby came to life again-that it had only been cold and that we rubbed it before the fire
and it lived."
    In 1816, Percy Shelley and 19-year-odl May visited the poet Lord Byron at his home in Switzerland.
Because of the bad weather they stayed indoors reading horror stories. One night, Byron asked everyone to
write their own story. Mary thought of her dream and wrote the story Frankenstein.
     Frankenstein was published when Mary was 21, and became a huge success. Many people didn't think a
19-year-old woman could write so well and believed her husband was the real writer.
     Although famous, Shelley's life was full of sadness. Only one of her four children lived and in 1822 her
husband died in a swimming accident. Mary was broken-hearted and decided not to marry again. She devoted
herself to her child and continued to write until her death in 1851.

1. What do we know about he story Frankenstein?

A. It was really written by Mary Shelley's husband.
B. It was been read by millions of people.
C. It was written to remember Shelley's husband.
D. It is the most famous story in the world.

2. Where was Mary Shelley when she wrote the story Frankenstein?

A. In England.
B. In Italy.
C. In Switzerland.
D. In France.

3. In which order to the following take place?
a. Bad weather made everyone stay indoors reading horror stories.
b. The story Frankenstein was first published.
c. Mary wrote about a dream in her diary.
d. Mary met the famous writer Percy Shelley.
e. Movies based on the story of Frankenstein were made.

A. a, c, b, e, d
B. d, c, a, b, e
C. c, a, b, d, e
D. b, a, d, c, e

4. How old was Mary Shelley when she died?

A. 43
B. 48
C. 51
D. 54

5. What can we lear n about Mary Shelley from this passage?

A. She experienced a lot of sadness in her life.
B. She wasn't considered a good writer during her life.
C. She was educated at her local school.
D. She became very rich because of the story Frankenstein.

     Stephen Hawking was one of the most famous scientists in this century. He was born in 1942. he's a
world well-known on space and time.
     Stephen is researching some very big questions, such as: How did the universe begin? How will it end?
Stephen was a student at Oxford University. He studied math and science. Then, at the age of twenty, he
became sick. He was so young, but the doctors said to his family,"He has only two more years to live." As
a matter of fact, the doctors were wrong----he didn't die. He can't walk now but he uses a wheelchair (輪椅).
He can't feed himself and get in or out of bed himself. But he refused to give in to the condition. He talks with
the help of a computer. After Oxford, Stephen went to Cambridge University. Three years later, in 1965, he
became a doctor of philosophy (哲學(xué)).
     Because of his serious health problems, it was difficult for him to draw diagrams (圖表) or to write. So he
started to think in pictures. With this new way of thinking, he became one of the most famous scientists in the
world. In 1891, he met the Pope(教皇) in Rome. They talked about his ideas. Then in 1988, he wrote his first
important book, A Brief History of Time. It sold more than 5.5 million copies in 33 different languages. He was
once invited to China, he impressed us with his self-confidence, humorous and witty (風(fēng)趣的) conversation.

1. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Stephen is good at thinking.
B. Stephen cannot walk.
C. Stephen has had the answers to some very big questions.
D. Stephen had once studied

2. How old was Stephen when he became a doctor of philosophy?

A. 21
B. 23
C. 27
D. 25

3. A Brief History of Time is ________.

A. a book which is well-known all over the word
B. a book about Rome's history
C. Stephen's talk collection with the Pope in Rome
D. Stephen's talk collection with me in China

4. Stephen's studies DO NOT relate (涉及) to ________ according to the passage.

A. science
B. math
C. philosophy
D. art

5. The right order of Stephen's main experiences in ________.
a. He went to Cambridge University.
b. He became very ill.
c. He wrote his first import book.
d. He met the Pope in Rome.

A. c-a-b-e-d
B. a-b-c-d-e
C. c-b-a-e-d
D. a-c-b-e-d

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                                                       Writer, Blogger and Racer
     Han Han, a young Chinese writer, has been nominated by Time magazine (美國(guó)時(shí)代雜志) as a candidate
for its annual list of 100 most influential people in the world.
     Han was born in Shanghai in 1982. As a member of China's allegedly self-centered 1980 s11 generation,
he performed poorly at school. His academic progress as a high school student foundered in 1999 when he
failed seven subjects, including Chinese. He spent another year trying to catch up but eventually decided to
quit. Before dropping out, he won top prize in a national essay contest that encourages innovative student
writing.
     He published his first novel Triple Gate in 2000 based on his own high school experience. The bestseller
sparked a debate on China's education system.
     Apart from being a writer, Han is a professional rally car driver. He also writes a popular blog (博客),
which has registered more than 300 million hits.

                                                                   Resume
Name: Han Han                              Sex: Male                           Age: (1)____________
Born place: Shanghai                       Nationality: (2)____________
Education: Senior one                      Work experience: (3)_____________________________________
First novel: (4) _______________________
New honour: (5) _______________________ for Time's annual list of 100 most influential people in
                    the world

     Many years ago, there was a family named Franklin (富蘭克林). They lived in Boston (波士頓). There
were five girls and six boys in the family. On a January day in 1706 another baby boy was born. The boy's
mother and her husband (丈夫) gave the boy a name-Benjamin.
     Benjamin (本杰明) was the cleverest of all the children. He could read when he was five and he could
write by the time he was seven. When he was eight, he was sent (送) to school.
     In school, Benjamin had been good at reading and writing but not good at math. He read all his father's
books. And whenever (無(wú)論何時(shí)) he had a little money (錢), he spent it on a book. He liked books. They
told him how to do something. At that time he invented (發(fā)明) the paddles (漿形工具) for swimming.

1. The Franklins lived in ______.

A. England
B. America
C. France
D. Australia

2. There were ______ children in the family.

A. five
B. six
C. eleven
D. twelve

3. Benjamin was born in the ______ month of the year 1706.

A. first
B. sixth
C. seventh
D. fifth

4. Benjamin ______ math when he was in school.

A. did well in
B. did well at
C. didn't do well in
D. didn't do well at

5. What did Benjamin do with the money he has?

A. bought books
B. went swimming
C. invented (發(fā)明) something
D. We don't know